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Dragon Age: Redemption
2011-02-15, 3:19 PM #1
A 6 part web series starring none other than Felicia Day, whom I'm sure you all know and love.

http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/feliciaday

Not out yet I guess, but one to keep an eye out for all the same. As is the DA2 demo, due out on the 22nd of Feb :D
2011-02-17, 9:12 AM #2
Teaser for it which I've just seen, in the event there are other people interested:

2011-02-20, 5:37 AM #3
I don't know about anyone else, but this video is basically everything that I like. Can't wait for the series.
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2011-02-22, 5:23 PM #4
Glad you liked it. I never got into The Guild so much (although that song Do You Want To Date My Avatar? was pretty good), but I've got a lot more interest in Dragon Age than MMORPG's so I'll be keeping an eye out for it.

On a related note, has anyone tried out the demo for DA2? I'm downloading it now. Would've been playing it earlier but I had a pesky night out after work to go to. The sensible thing would be to finish downloading it now and play it tomorrow but I just know I'll be up until it finishes.
2011-02-23, 9:19 AM #5
Well, it turned out I needed to download the demo again (this time from Steam) because the installer I got the first time installed a corrupted version, I guess. Anyway, having finally gotten around to playing it today I can confirm that it is a lot of fun. The combat is fundamentally the same as in DA:O, but feels a lot more fluid and is a lot more interesting to watch. Little tweaks like stunned characters not just standing, swaying on the spot (they now stagger around a little too), closing attacks (the Rogue, for example, will roll or vault along the last couple of metres to the enemy in order to launch an attack), and more interesting animations add a bit of spice to the combat.

I'm less sure on the conversations at the moment. I have a slight concern over the voice acting, but the thing I noticed most was the responses are assigned a symbol to display the kind of attitude they convey. Some of them are obvious (the deep blue "good/virtuous" and the purple jester mask), but others I was a bit unsure of what I'd be about to say. I'd guess those would be explained in the manual for the full game though.

Oh, and the blood's still there, if you were worried. I'll probably be turning the persistant gore off in the full game, I still think conversations after a battle look a little ridiculous with everyone calmly discussing the next step with bits of darkspawn flesh in their hair.
2011-02-23, 9:28 AM #6
Same combat as origins? Guess I'm not getting it then. That was the thing that put me off.
2011-02-23, 11:11 PM #7
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
Same combat as origins? Guess I'm not getting it then. That was the thing that put me off.


It's really very different. Much more fast-paced. It feels more like Jade Empire than DA:O.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2011-02-24, 4:47 AM #8
I don't know if I'd call it very different, although the (much) faster pacing of it might be enough of a change on it's own for more people to get in to it. What exactly was it about the combat in DA:O that you didn't like, CM? The basic method of targeting and attacking an enemy, using your special abilities with the toolbar, etc. is all still there. To me it's just the faster pacing and the added style to the animations and special abilities makes taking out large groups of darkspawn seem like less of a chore.
2011-02-24, 6:32 AM #9
I really enjoyed DA:O combat, hearing it's become faster paced kinda worries me
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2011-02-25, 1:48 PM #10
Deadman: I'd definitely try the demo out. I think the combat has been improved and I was a big fan of Origins. I don't want to give the impression that because it's faster it's been dumbed-down; I think it works a lot better. Also, not that I want to bang on about it, but I found this list over on the GameFAQs PC board for DA2. It seems to make sense for the conversations options, although I'm not sure on the diamond still:

* Olive branch: Peaceful, diplomatic.
* Angel figure: Kind and Considerate
* Purple theater mask: Sarcastic, funny
* Purple diamond: Charming (?)
* Fist: Aggressive.
* Gavel: Pragmatic (or possibly decisive).
* Spinning arrows: Hawke decides (or possibly pivotal decisions made by Hawke).
* Head: Ask Companions
* Red heart: Flirty.
* Tick: Agreement.
* Cross: Refusal.
* Coins: Demand for money.
* Question Mark: Questioning.

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